the royal albion hotel since saturday evening. no one has been injured but buildings nearby were evacuated. it was on fire overnight into sunday morning. no one was reportedly injured, but nearby buildings were evacuated. east sussex fire and rescue has said that it has scaled back its operations on sunday morning. time for the sport. the top two seeds. at either end of their careers. the men s final is the number one carlos alcaraz against the number two novak djokovic. but that s the only number alcaraz has in his favour. djokovic is the favourite partly because of the sheer statistical weight he brings. it would be a fifth wimbledon title in a row, would equal roger federer s record of eight titles there,
delightful alfie hewett and gordon reid. their fifth wimbledon title together, alfie hewett is also true together, alfie hewett is also true to the singles final later on. but for she chopped value, at the table onto marketa vondrousova, the seventh women s champion here in a row, but even this unpredictable event has never seen an unlikely winner. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. exciting stuff. well, the men s final starts at 2pm today. hugh will have all the details on that, and the rest of today s sport, shortly. record temperatures are expected in parts of the us today as much of southern and central europe continues to experience an intense heatwave. officials on both sides of the atlantic are warning that the heat is posing serious health risks and causing wildfires. our correspondent joe inwood has more. 2000 people forced to flee their homes in the spanish canary islands.
in the men s u19 european championship its still goalless between portugal and italy, but more from me a little later. more now on the world tennis number one carlos alcaraz beating novak djokovic in the men s final at wimbledon. he took the fifth and deciding set by 6 4 to deny djokovic a record equalling eighth wimbledon title. the spaniard becomes the youngest man to lift the trophy since boris becker won the second of his three wimbledon titles in 1986. live now to former professional tennis player and wimbledon championships referee, andrew jarrett. what did you make of the final? what a fantastic match. what a wonderful advert for the sport, for wimbledon and this may be the announcement of a new world champion
very much, it s happening again, he is going to win a fifth wimbledon title in a row. he is going to equal the record. that s when we thought we were going is that how generally wimbledon has ended, novak djokovic lifting the trophy. but carlos alcaraz is a different type of player and he has an ounce of self very much to the british crowd here at wimbledon. we know he has incredible talent, he is the world number one but this is the biggest win of his life because to beat novak djokovic on centre court, which djokovic hadn t lost for a decade, it is a whole other level. at the very first time of asking, alcaraz with his first match point, got himself over the line and understandably emotional scenes on
nervous start, boy did he turn it around. , ., ., , around. en oy some rest after a very bus week around. enjoy some rest after a very busy week at around. enjoy some rest after a very busy week at wimbledon. away from wimbledon, australia have retained cricket s women s ashes after narrowly beating england in the penultimate one day match in nail biting fashion in southampton. the aussies won byjust three runs after setting england what would have been a record breaking run chase of 283. they gave it a good go though nat sciver brunt scoring 111 off 99 balls, but england felljust short. the points based mulit format series, which is now 8 6 in favour of australia, concludes at taunton on tuesday. there was also a thrilling climax to golf s scottish 0pen at the renaissance club, where rory mcilroy birdied the final two holes to overtake local favourite robert mcintyre to win by a shot on 15 under par. and as our golf correspodent iain carter reports, its all perfect preparation f